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My Fair Captain (Paperback)

by J.L. Langley (Author)
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  • Paperback: 312 pages
  • Publisher: Samhain Publishing Ltd (29 April 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1599987619
  • ISBN-13: 978-1599987613
  • Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 14 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 120,071 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Talk about a compromising situation! A storm of political intrigue, murderous mayhem and sexual hungers is brewing on planet Regelence. Swarthy Intergalactic Navy Captain Nathaniel Hawkins ran from a past he had no intention of ever reliving. But when his Admiral asks him to use his peerage, as an earl and the heir to a dukedom, to investigate a missing weapons stash, he's forced to do just that. As if being undercover on a Regency planet where the young men are supposed to remain pure until marriage isn't bad enough, Nate finds himself attracted to the king's unmarried son. All Prince Aiden Townsend has ever wanted was to be an artist. He has no interest in a marriage of political fortune or becoming a societal paragon. Until he lands in the arms of the mysterious Earl of Deverell. One look at Nate's handsome face has Aiden reconsidering his future. Not only does Nate make a virile subject for Aiden's art, but the great war hero awakens feelings in Aiden he has never felt, feelings he can't ignore. After a momentous dance at a season ball, Aiden and Nate find themselves exchanging important information and working closely together.They have to fight their growing attraction long enough to find out who stole the weapons and keep themselves from a compromising situation and certain scandal.

Warning, this title contains the following: explicit sex, graphic language, violence, hot nekkid man-love.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Jane austen writes gay science fiction?, 19 Dec 2008
By A. R. Mash (Saffron Walden, UK) - See all my reviews
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If Jane Austen had written any gay science fiction this is not the book she would have written. However, on its own merits this is a perfectly acceptable book. In fact a valuable addition to the small canon of gay science fiction. Standard romance plot, young ingenue, older experienced man, temptation , love, sex, difficulties, etc, happy ending. What did you expect ? War and Peace? Intriguing view of the future possibilities of genetic modification [enough to give the religious nuts in Texas the heebie jeebies I suspect]. A fast, explicitly sexy read, that could have been improved by at least another hundred pages of plot and character development. Never be afraid of detail Ms Langley , it helps. Room for a sequel has been left, and I for one am waitinig!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Fun in parts, 24 Feb 2009
By Lexin "Lexin" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
Sometimes, I read what on any measure is a pretty crap book and it leaves me with more questions, problems and curiosities than a good one would. So it is with "My Fair Captain" by J L Langley. One of the Amazon reviews starts, "If Jane Austen had written any gay science fiction this is not the book she would have written" which is a pretty fair assessment. For one thing, Jane Austen wouldn't call a "herd" of cattle a "heard".

If your brain is exploding at the idea of Jane Austen writing gay SF, you're not alone. Neurons are still flashing to their deaths in my brain, but I couldn't pass up the chance of trying it out. How does it work you're no doubt asking. Or if you're not, you should be.

Well, it's this way. The planet Regelence has a society based on Regency England; no explanation of why is ever given which is probably just as well. There is one major difference - all or almost all the aristocracy are gay men. They procreate by using some kind of gene splicing/cloning system which is never fully explained. Just as well, as given the standard of this book assbabies would have made more sense.

Those who expect that a planet run by gay men would be a bastion of freedom...well, not on Regelence. For one thing, the age of majority is 25...but they don't seem to have an age of consent and secondly a young man's chastity is guarded just as much as (or slightly more than) a young woman's in 1800 and he is supposed to remain pure until marriage. It is possible on Regelence for a young man to become compromised into marriage by accidentally being unchaperoned in a room with another unmarried man. The comedy opportunities offered by this arrangement are not fully explored.

The characters are attractive, which makes reading this bizarre speculation worthwhile. The lead character (who could have done with being 80lbs lighter and 5 inches smaller than described) is Nathaniel Hawkins, a captain with the Intergalactic Navy (Trek fans think Federation lite) and Earl sent on an investigative mission involving stolen weaponry, who on meeting Prince Aiden, one of the King of Regelence's younger sons, falls violently in love with him. As you do, obviously, when sent on a secret mission.

The ideas are interesting (yes they are, stop giggling at the back) but the book really needed a lighter touch than offered by Langley. It needed the SF-mixed-with-Regency equivalent of Georgette Heyer. She does well enough, though a little heavy handed, until faced with a sex scene, when suddenly Hawkins (he is generally the only one to speak during a sex scene) start spouting pure 21st Century Earth vulgarities. Way to break the fourth wall, there, Langley.

The problem with this book was that I wanted to be charmed - I was prepared to suspend my disbelief sufficient to hang my brain on a hook and be charmed, but in order to be charmed I needed a little more to go on.
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5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars My Fair Captain, 15 May 2008
By C. Gee (England) - See all my reviews
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In my opinion, not as good as J L Langleys other books. A strange mix of space and regency took a while to get into but still a fair read. The characters were not as loveable as in her other books but that is my personal feelings. Read it yourself and judge.
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